Jay Vasavada is

Gujarati language Gujarati (; gu, ગુજરાતી, Gujarātī, translit-std=ISO, label=Gujarati script, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Gu ...

writer, orator and columnist from India. Born in Bhavnagar and brought up in

Gondal, Gujarat Gondal is a city of about 115,000 residents and a municipality of about 175,000 in the Rajkot district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Gondal State was one of the eight first-class princely states of Kathiawar Agency, Bombay Presidency in Bri ...

, he writes columns in various publications since 1996. He has published several books compiling his columns.

Early life

Jay Vasavada was born on 6 October 1973 in

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a States of India, state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Gohil Koli, Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, whi ...

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, India. His father Lalit Vasavada was a lecturer of Gujarati language, and his mother Jayshree Vasavada was a matron at Adhyapan Mandir,

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. His mother left job after his birth and become full-time housewife and his teacher. He completed his primary education studying at home. He completed his secondary education from Vidhya Mandir School, Gondal. He joined Swaminarayan Gurukul for higher secondary education in science. He failed in 12th grade board examinations. He later enrolled in commerce education. He passed higher secondary and graduated with specialization in management.

Career

He served as a lecturer of marketing for three years in Commerce College affiliated with

Saurashtra University Saurashtra University is a university in Gujarat state in India. This university was established on 23 May 1967, in Rajkot city, and the administrative headquarters are at Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state ...

. He later served as principal-in-charge. He frequently lectures at Academic Staff College, Saurashtra University. His writing career started with articles published in newspaper in

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population of ...

. He later joined ''

Gujarat Samachar ''Gujarat Samachar'' is a Gujarati-language daily newspaper published in India. Its headquarters are in Ahmedabad with a branch in Surat. It is distributed from Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Mumbai, Mehsana, Bhuj and New Y ...

'' as columnist in 1996 which publishes his two weekly columns, ''Anavrutta'' and ''Spectrometre''. He writes column ''Rangat Sangat'' in Gujarati weekly ''Abhiyaan'' since 2008. He previously wrote daily column in Mumbai edition of ''

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''. He wrote for ''Anokhee'', ''Aarpaar'' and ''Gujarat'' monthlies. He delivers lectures across Gujarat on different subjects. He hosted Gujarati celebrity talk show ''Samvaad'' on

ETV Gujarati Colors Gujarati, formerly known as ETV Gujarati is an Indian television channel that primarily broadcasts Gujarati entertainment shows. History Based in Ahmedabad, it was started by Prism TV pvt. ltd. It is now part of Viacom 18 and TV18 which ...

for 225 episodes. He served as writer and anchor of cultural TV series ''Aaswaad'' on

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. He frequently delivers speeches on

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. He had scripted and presented weekend radio show ''Cinema Sizzlers'' on BIG FM 92.7 Rajkot. He performed cameo in Gujarati film ''

Bey Yaar ''Bey Yaar'' () is a 2014 Indian Gujarati-language coming-of-age film directed by Abhishek Jain. The film is about friendship and two friends. The film stars Manoj Joshi, Darshan Jariwala, Divyang Thakkar, Pratik Gandhi, Amit Mistry, Samvedna Su ...

'' (2014). He was honored with a special award by a World Talent Organization in the World Amazing Talent Category for his dedicated work towards Gujarati Literature.

Works

He published several books compiling his columns in collections; ''Yuvahava'', ''Mahiti Ane Manoranjan'', ''Sahitya Ane Cinema'', ''Aah Hindustan Oh Hindustan'', ''Spectrometre'' (2001), ''Life@Kite'', ''Anavrutta'' (2008), ''Science Samandar'', ''Knowledge Nagariya'', ''G.K. Jungle'', ''JSK - Jai Shri Krishna'', ''Preet Kiye Sukh Hoy'' (2010), ''Jai Ho'' (2012), ''Vacation Station'' (2015), ''Mummy Pappa'' (2016).

References

External links

Official blog
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